New year’s resolutions reflect personal values. Many resolutions relate to our physical being: we resolve to lose weight or start an exercise program. Some resolutions relate to strengthening our spiritual lives, but it seems to me that people should also resolve to improve their [...]
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert#2 Gateway to Empire, Allan W. Eckert#3 The Thread That Runs So True, Jesse Stuart#4 Kentucky is My Land, Jesse Stuart#5 True Christmas Stories From the Heart of Appalachia, Gifford, Kidwell, and Onkst, editors
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 True Christmas Stories From the Heart of Appalachia, Gifford, Kidwell, and Onkst, editors #3 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #4 Appalachian Values, Loyal Jones #5 The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart
As a gift to The Daily Independent readers, the Jesse Stuart Foundation is pleased to share a story from “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” a collection of true stories from the Library of Congress that celebrates the spirit of Christmas during World War II. [...]
The Jesse Stuart Foundation has released Wit, Wisdom & Other Stuff by Keith Kappes. The book is a collection of 125 commentaries Kappes wrote for a variety of community and regional newspapers in eastern Kentucky during his long, award-winning career in journalism. Mark Maynard, [...]
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 The Wilderness War, Allan W. Eckert #3 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #4 Wilderness Empire, Allan W. Eckert #5 Gateway to Empire, Allan W. Eckert
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 Appalachian Values, Loyal Jones #3 Wilderness Empire, Allan W. Eckert #4 Appalachian Murders & Mysteries: True Stories From West Virginia, Kentucky, and Southern Ohio, Gifford & Pendarvis, editors #5 The Wilderness War, Allan W. Eckert [...]
In 2019, the Jesse Stuart Foundation published “True Christmas Stories From the Heart of Appalachia,” a book that captures the spirit of Christmas in 43 stories by 39 authors. Thirty-five of the stories are from Kentucky and the others are from neighboring states.These stories are [...]
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #3 (tie) Appalachian Values, Loyal Jones #3 (tie) Wilderness Empire, Allan W. Eckert #4 The Wilderness War, Allan W. Eckert #5 (tie) Hie to the Hunters, Jesse Stuart #5 (tie) [...]
For forty-two years, the Jesse Stuart Foundation has been preserving the human and literary legacy of one of America’s most popular and influential writers. We keep Stuart’s books in print while also advancing the works of other Kentucky and Appalachian writers. With support from [...]
